Housing

Home prices rose 6.1% in October from a year earlier, representing 32 consecutive months of appreciation, according to CoreLogic.

New homes sold at a slower pace than forecast in October as builders focused on meeting demand at the upper end of the market.

The Census Bureau/HUD American Housing Survey isn't just a great source of factoids about the country's housing stock; it's chock-full of fascinating details with mortgage lending implications.

According to Home Mortgage Disclosure and Mortgage Bankers Association data, independent, nonbank mortgage lenders originated 40% of the home purchase loans made in 2013.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities advanced at a slower pace in the 12 months through September as the housing market continued to make gradual progress.

Giving roughly 5 million immigrants at least temporary relief from deportation could conceivably ease lenders' and borrowers' qualms about mortgages to undocumented workers who qualify with individual taxpayer identification numbers.

Groundbreaking for single-family homes climbed in October and permits for all future projects reached a six-year high to signal construction will add to economic growth in early 2015.

Experian said that the average nationwide credit score climbed 2 points from last year, to 666.

Confidence among homebuilders rebounded in November as low interest rates and a strengthening job market helped boost sales.

Republicans are unlikely to push the ball forward on reform of the federal housing agencies, but Congress has a number of other opportunities to make changes that will encourage mortgage lending.

A new multifamily investment product will for the first time allow Freddie Mac to buy and guarantee bonds backed by multifamily loans that were originally underwritten by private entities.

According to Zillow's latest home price expectation survey, the millennial generation is not buying properties right now because their rents are too high.

Industry observers have mixed reactions on whether next year's Republican-controlled Congress will finally address long-stalled efforts to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A community revitalization program in the City of Brotherly Love is connecting potential homebuyers to financial institutions, and some credit unions are among those reaping the benefits.

Despite policy changes that apply to new reverse mortgages, the rights for existing spouses of deceased borrowers remain unclear and subject to change until HUD and litigants agree on a final policy in line with court directives.

TRI Pointe has launched a new platform that is meant to provide homebuyers with end-to-end support throughout the closing process.

We can't really talk about the millennial buyer until we talk about the baby boomer seller.

A U.S. District Court decision this week that blocked the use of a controversial legal theory in a fair housing case on discrimination has ignited industry hopes that the Supreme Court will take a similar stance on a separate, larger case pending before the high court.

It's time for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to make good on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's funding obligations to two affordable housing programs.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's plans to sell $97.5 million of housing mortgage financing this week in transactions that include two private placements.